First published 2010
Amy Cahill stares at a dead woman as Indonesian police close in. The fourteen-year-old and her younger brother Dan have pushed their luck too far in their desperate search for the 39 Clues. Now they're stranded on a remote island with a man who holds dark knowledge about how their parents really died. A tropical storm builds on the horizon, but the weather is the least of their problems. The police want them for questioning. Their mysterious companion knows more than he's telling. And somewhere in this nightmare, another piece of their family's twisted puzzle waits to be uncovered. Amy and Dan thought they understood their mission, but they're about to learn that some family secrets cut deeper than they ever imagined. The truth about their own branch of the Cahill family tree will shake everything they believed about themselves.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, mystery
Setting: Indonesia, Remote Island
Period: Contemporary
190 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Inc.
Content warnings: death